Thank you so much for sharing all this information with us! It's absolutely invaluable and I can't wait to start getting the best photos of my paintings that I can! Also I absolutely love the painting you are shooting in the video! It's so beautiful! *heart eyes* :D Greetings from Germany!
one importance things that I learn from photo shooting tutorial, is to remember to turn on the histogram and tweak your exposure to make sure the graph reach to the right... it doesnt have to go all the way, but touches or enter a little... if your graph reach all the way to the end of the right, it means your picture is overexposed. this is something call "Shoot to the right", this will make sure the picture is properly exposed... if you use using the light meter alone, there is a high change your picture will be underexposed... not really sure why this happen but it's a thing that camera do.
If you can afford it, I would also recommend a 35 mm "full frame" sensor. They are a little more expensive than the more common APS-C sensor but produce significantly less noise
A full frame sensor isn’t a “little more” expensive, it’s a lot and unnecessary for most photographers. For an artist who uses the camera to shoot reference and finished product, an APS is more than fine. Especially if you have already invested in lenses for your DLSR.
@@billfargo7911 the major advantage of ff here is high resolution though a apc or m43 that does pixel shift can also be useful. This is why I suggested A7r that has 36mp for an example.
@@billfargo7911 I got my Sony a7 for 600€ which is not significantly more than lets say a sony a6000 for 450€. I have handled both and the difference in noise is huge. ofc if you only do static well-lit photos for instagram, APS-C is fine but even a phone is fine in those circumstances. If you want to archive your paintings for print and maybe you also want to shoot videos for youtube etc, then I think it's totally worth it
Also remember that a lens is sharpest at f -5.6 and f-8. Some lenses are soft in the corners at wide apertures, at f-11 or smaller apertures diffraction makes them soft in the center of the photo.
Thank you so much 💐 Very Helpful Sir Please make a video on how to choose reference for practice or for commission paintings? Points to remember to choose reference
Question: If my painting has a frame , should I photograph it with the frame or without it? Specially for sending pictures to galleries , art prizes , etc.
You can change the white balance setting afterwards without loosing any information! So you can check 1:1 the painting and the digital file. A colorcheckcard might be over the top in that case... 🤔
Thank you for making a confusing topic easy to understand! Could you possibly make a video discussing how to use lighting and lamps for photographing art? Thanks !
Bonjour Florent, merci pour la vidéo. Je voulais savoir, lorsque tu corriges les poussières (points blancs) sur Krita, je remarque la trace de grand coup de pinceau de manière croisé sur le visage. Est-ce un effet de texture que tu as fait avant de peindre ou les couches de vernis que tu as posé à la fin? Je suppose que tu as une lumière rasante qui vient d'au-dessus, ce qui fait ressortir d'avantage le relief des couches! Si l'on ne souhaite pas voir les reliefs, as-tu une astuce pour orienter la lumière de manière à masquer ces reliefs sans créer des reflets brillants sur la photo (car l'objectif doit rester parallèle à la surface du tableau et centré pour la perspective je suppose)? Ou alors peut-être faut-il agir sur la manière dont on pose le vernis (voir poncer entre chaque couche)?
Most of the time an iPhone is perfectly capable of doing the job for Instagram and Facebook posting. These platforms compress the image anyway, meaning some of the image data and detail is removed. Your audience won’t necessarily be able to tell whether the image was taken on a DSLR or an iPhone once it’s been uploaded. I’m not sure if your model phone can do this, but my iPhone 14 can also shoot in RAW, which gathers all possible data from the sensor instead of being tweaked by the onboard software. I think this, or using a basic/older model DSLR, would be more helpful if you are trying to order prints. The more data/larger the image file the higher quality and larger prints you can make. It’s especially important if you intend to blow up the image, as insufficient data will result in pixelation as you scale up.
Very nice video Florent. It reminds me to take the time to shoot better photos of my work which sometimes I just get lazy and pick up the iPhone. Setting the white balance is quite important. You can also buy a pretty nice balance tool which has grey & white for around $12 US.
I would say a polarized filter helps too. I always like to use polarized filters when taking pictures of paintings, graffiti, etc. It brings out the colors and also helps cut reflections further.
Thank you so much, iv been using my iPhone to take pictures and it is so frustrating, thank you so much for this video, I may have to look into purchasing a camera.
Hi, Thank you so much for sharing your techniques, I was searching a video like this on capturing artworks for a long time! Could you also share and recommend about what kind of light you use, anything like softbox is needed? Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing. I am a new artist and I produce larger sized canvasses, of which I expect to sell prints. I am getting ready to choose a camera. Is there anything special I should be aware of?
I paint on mirrors, with intricate frames and circle and oval shapes. I need help with cropping and lighting for reflections that I carved out to show stars and water depictions 😅
Merci Beaucoup! This is very helpful to me. I don't know anything about cameras and need to take photos of my watercolor paintings. This helped me set up my husbands older Canon camera. He even had a lens very close to what you used in the video.
Thank you for the video. I do have a. Question about actual size output if your painting is 36 x 48 should the original photo be they size at 300 dpi in order to print actual size ?
Thanks for the useful information, Florent. Your videos are great additional motivation for learning English as deeply as possible))to understand your lessons fully and correctly.
wouldnt you want the white piece of paper for white balance to be on your painting? the lighting and ambient light reads from that area, not up a foot from the lens, i figure.
I have beeb asked to take a photo of some paintings, after watching a few videos this is by far the best! Great explanation. Thank you and your painting is beautiful!
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo. Tu utilises un reflex numérique en full frame ? Je demande car j'ai investi dans un hybride en micro 4/3 rt j'ai donc un objectif 25mm, équivalent 50mm full frame.
Great and simple to follow tutorial. I have watched more sophisticated ones but perhaps a little intimidating if you are not taking photos that often. So, thanks for your tutorial!
Bonjour toutes vos interventions sont très intéressantes aussi ne pourriez vous pas sous-titrer en français s’il vous plaît ? Merci pour tous les francophones … 🙏
Thank you Florent, I hadn't heard of asking the camera to use an image as white balance reference before, I wonder if my Nikon D3300 has this facility... 🤔 I'm glad you turned the painting to portrait to stop that reflection! Love your videos!
It is a good idea to polarize light and use a polarization filter to reduce or control the amount of glare.
Also, pressing the button can shake the camera - if you’re really stuck for triggering the shot, use the self-timer… 🙏
Thank you so much for sharing all this information with us! It's absolutely invaluable and I can't wait to start getting the best photos of my paintings that I can! Also I absolutely love the painting you are shooting in the video! It's so beautiful! *heart eyes* :D Greetings from Germany!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! This is by far the most informative and helpful video on photographing artwork I have ever seen.
one importance things that I learn from photo shooting tutorial, is to remember to turn on the histogram and tweak your exposure to make sure the graph reach to the right... it doesnt have to go all the way, but touches or enter a little... if your graph reach all the way to the end of the right, it means your picture is overexposed.
this is something call "Shoot to the right", this will make sure the picture is properly exposed... if you use using the light meter alone, there is a high change your picture will be underexposed...
not really sure why this happen but it's a thing that camera do.
this is a great tutorial, thank you
If you can afford it, I would also recommend a 35 mm "full frame" sensor. They are a little more expensive than the more common APS-C sensor but produce significantly less noise
Some of older Sony A7r series could be bought at much cheaper price.
A full frame sensor isn’t a “little more” expensive, it’s a lot and unnecessary for most photographers. For an artist who uses the camera to shoot reference and finished product, an APS is more than fine. Especially if you have already invested in lenses for your DLSR.
@@billfargo7911 the major advantage of ff here is high resolution though a apc or m43 that does pixel shift can also be useful. This is why I suggested A7r that has 36mp for an example.
@@billfargo7911 I got my Sony a7 for 600€ which is not significantly more than lets say a sony a6000 for 450€. I have handled both and the difference in noise is huge. ofc if you only do static well-lit photos for instagram, APS-C is fine but even a phone is fine in those circumstances. If you want to archive your paintings for print and maybe you also want to shoot videos for youtube etc, then I think it's totally worth it
Also remember that a lens is sharpest at f -5.6 and f-8. Some lenses are soft in the corners at wide apertures, at f-11 or smaller apertures diffraction makes them soft in the center of the photo.
The sensor is quite important, too--the bigger the sensor, the more sharpness and detail. Color is better managed in RAW, too, with more megapixels.
Thank you so much 💐 Very Helpful
Sir Please make a video on how to choose reference for practice or for commission paintings?
Points to remember to choose reference
Question: If my painting has a frame , should I photograph it with the frame or without it? Specially for sending pictures to galleries , art prizes , etc.
It would be easier to photograph the painting when it's not in a frame. Frames can also cause unwanted shadows on a painting.
You can change the white balance setting afterwards without loosing any information!
So you can check 1:1 the painting and the digital file. A colorcheckcard might be over the top in that case... 🤔
Thank you for making a confusing topic easy to understand! Could you possibly make a video discussing how to use lighting and lamps for photographing art? Thanks !
Bonjour Florent,
merci pour la vidéo.
Je voulais savoir, lorsque tu corriges les poussières (points blancs) sur Krita, je remarque la trace de grand coup de pinceau de manière croisé sur le visage.
Est-ce un effet de texture que tu as fait avant de peindre ou les couches de vernis que tu as posé à la fin?
Je suppose que tu as une lumière rasante qui vient d'au-dessus, ce qui fait ressortir d'avantage le relief des couches!
Si l'on ne souhaite pas voir les reliefs, as-tu une astuce pour orienter la lumière de manière à masquer ces reliefs sans créer des reflets brillants sur la photo (car l'objectif doit rester parallèle à la surface du tableau et centré pour la perspective je suppose)?
Ou alors peut-être faut-il agir sur la manière dont on pose le vernis (voir poncer entre chaque couche)?
I like how the white zone effect of unfinished and how she seems to get out from light to face the upper dark.
Thank you very much 😊
Do most of your Instagram works use DSLR cameras? I don't have a camera, so I take pictures with my iPhone 12 Pro, but the colors are strange.
Most of the time an iPhone is perfectly capable of doing the job for Instagram and Facebook posting. These platforms compress the image anyway, meaning some of the image data and detail is removed. Your audience won’t necessarily be able to tell whether the image was taken on a DSLR or an iPhone once it’s been uploaded.
I’m not sure if your model phone can do this, but my iPhone 14 can also shoot in RAW, which gathers all possible data from the sensor instead of being tweaked by the onboard software. I think this, or using a basic/older model DSLR, would be more helpful if you are trying to order prints. The more data/larger the image file the higher quality and larger prints you can make. It’s especially important if you intend to blow up the image, as insufficient data will result in pixelation as you scale up.
Hi, The camera you have comes with the 50 mm lens?
Very nice video Florent. It reminds me to take the time to shoot better photos of my work which sometimes I just get lazy and pick up the iPhone. Setting the white balance is quite important. You can also buy a pretty nice balance tool which has grey & white for around $12 US.
Thanks 😊 it's a little bit more work but worth it for portfolios and websites
Thankyou soo much for lots of knowledge about the photography techniques
You're welcome 😊
how to color correct with the color grade paper? thanks!
I would say a polarized filter helps too. I always like to use polarized filters when taking pictures of paintings, graffiti, etc. It brings out the colors and also helps cut reflections further.
Thanks, I coild have covered this as well indeed.
Good I learned, I needed that. Thank you.
Thank you so much, iv been using my iPhone to take pictures and it is so frustrating, thank you so much for this video, I may have to look into purchasing a camera.
Hi, Thank you so much for sharing your techniques, I was searching a video like this on capturing artworks for a long time! Could you also share and recommend about what kind of light you use, anything like softbox is needed? Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing. I am a new artist and I produce larger sized canvasses, of which I expect to sell prints. I am getting ready to choose a camera. Is there anything special I should be aware of?
I paint on mirrors, with intricate frames and circle and oval shapes. I need help with cropping and lighting for reflections that I carved out to show stars and water depictions 😅
Merci Beaucoup! This is very helpful to me. I don't know anything about cameras and need to take photos of my watercolor paintings. This helped me set up my husbands older Canon camera. He even had a lens very close to what you used in the video.
Thank you for the video. I do have a. Question about actual size output if your painting is 36 x 48 should the original photo be they size at 300 dpi in order to print actual size ?
Thanks for the useful information, Florent. Your videos are great additional motivation for learning English as deeply as possible))to understand your lessons fully and correctly.
Aperture should be between 8-11 to have everything in focus and the sharpest image.
wouldnt you want the white piece of paper for white balance to be on your painting? the lighting and ambient light reads from that area, not up a foot from the lens, i figure.
Good Video. Thank you. Another solution to avoid glare would be a softbox which lights the painting in a 45 degree angle.
Awesome Job. Who are Your favourite youtubers? also, I really want to be youtube friends :D
I have beeb asked to take a photo of some paintings, after watching a few videos this is by far the best! Great explanation. Thank you and your painting is beautiful!
Light is most Important. and the color of the light. What a difference , light makes.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I wanted to take pics of my paintings to create copies and chanced upon your tutorial. Brilliantly explained.
Thank you. You explain very well and you paint beautifully.
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo. Tu utilises un reflex numérique en full frame ?
Je demande car j'ai investi dans un hybride en micro 4/3 rt j'ai donc un objectif 25mm, équivalent 50mm full frame.
Macro lens ?
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Usually the macro versions of the lenses are quite sharp for such shootings.
Thank you! This was just the information I needed :o)
Thank you Florent! Do you use any type of filter on your 50mm lens?
Thank you Florent. I appreciate your video.
Great and simple to follow tutorial. I have watched more sophisticated ones but perhaps a little intimidating if you are not taking photos that often. So, thanks for your tutorial!
Thanks for the Krita tip, I think I could use that!👍
Nice one
i needed that i always take the worst photo for my painting
Thanks 🙏🏼 awesome video. By the way, you are very talented. 👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you so much 😀
Bonjour toutes vos interventions sont très intéressantes aussi ne pourriez vous pas sous-titrer en français s’il vous plaît ?
Merci pour tous les francophones … 🙏
Best video for art student very helpful thank you
Wonderful video and tutorial. Helps out a lot :-)
Hi Florent thank you that was a great Tutorial 🍱🍺
Thank you Florent, I hadn't heard of asking the camera to use an image as white balance reference before, I wonder if my Nikon D3300 has this facility... 🤔 I'm glad you turned the painting to portrait to stop that reflection! Love your videos!
Did your Nikon do this? I have a D5600 which I am just learning to use. Regards Dawm
Sounds great overwhelming
Very thorough understanding of what is needed.
Hé ! Merci 🎥🎬
Thanks for your advice 👍🏿
Thank you for this great tutorial Florent!
thanks for this class! do you know the difference between krita and gimp ? krita is more simpler? thanks for any help!
I'm not sure. I've used both and definitely prefer Krita
Is this what you use to make prints?
Yes, to make prints you need hi res pictures
@@FlorentFargesarts Thank you! Great tips!!!
Thank you for the great tips!
Super helpful, thank you :)
Florent - Thank you!
You're the best, thanks!
Can we use acetone as solvent?
is a passport color checker important to use, for color accuracy ?
It's something you can use to make sure that your minitir doesn’t mess up your final colors. It’s helpful...
Merci Florent!!
🤍🤍.